implode

英 [ɪmˈpləʊd]

美 [ɪmˈploʊd]

v.  向心聚爆; 内爆; 向内坍塌; 突然崩溃

过去式：imploded　过去分词：imploded　第三人称单数：implodes　现在分词：imploding　复数：implodes　

GRE电力

BNC.37122 / COCA.17574

牛津词典

verb

• 向心聚爆；内爆；向内坍塌
  to burst or explode and collapse into the centre
• 突然崩溃
  to fail suddenly and completely

柯林斯词典

• VERB 内爆;向心聚爆;向心压挤
  If somethingimplodes, it collapses into itself in a sudden and violent way.
  1. The engine imploded...
     发动机内爆了。
  2. He has nightmares about the tanks imploding.
     他老是做油箱爆炸的噩梦。
• VERB 崩溃;瓦解
  If something such as an organization or a systemimplodes, it suddenly ends completely because it cannot deal with the problems it is experiencing.
  1. ...the possibility that the party may implode in opposition.
     该党派于在野期间瓦解的可能性

英英释义

verb

• burst inward
  1. The bottle imploded
  Synonym:go off

双语例句

• And we know, and especially Carolyn, that when the sun will implode, the earth will burn, explode, I don't know what, and this is scheduled for four, four billion years?
  而我们知道，尤其是Carolyn，当太阳内爆，地球会焚烧、爆炸，我也不知道，而这将发生在四十亿年后？
• He has nightmares about the tanks imploding.
  他老是做油箱爆炸的噩梦。
• The last speculative gold bubble, in 1980, took four years to implode, while this latest reincarnation is seven years in the making.
  上次发生在1980年的黄金投机泡沫，花了四年时间破裂，而此次泡沫的形成就耗时七年。
• The engine imploded
  发动机内爆了。
• The decision came just as the firm moved to expand its commitment to real estate investing, even though the US mortgage market was already starting to implode.
  作出上述决定之际，该公司正要扩大房地产投资，尽管当时美国抵押贷款市场正开始内爆。
• Greek politics could implode.
  希腊政治可能从内部土崩瓦解。
• But when growth stalls, or even slows, they tend to implode as the network effect goes into reverse.
  可一旦停止增长，甚至只是增长放缓，随着网络效应发生逆转，这些公司就有可能崩溃。
• 'I think the airlines are going to see their industry implode because people are going to stop flying,'she said.
  她说，我认为航空公司将会面临困境，因为人们都不坐飞机了。
• When the external lending halts, the banks are likely to implode, undermining both the economy and the fiscal position.
  外部贷款停止时，银行可能发生内爆，危及国家经济和财政状况。
• Not only is Japan's economy contracting at least twice as fast as its peers, with data yesterday showing the worst quarterly performance for a third of a century, but Japanese politics also seem about to implode.
  日前公布的数据显示，日本上季度的经济表现是三十多年来最糟糕的。该国不仅经济萎缩幅度至少相当于同等国家的两倍，其政局似乎也将从内部崩塌。